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Nov. 18 - FY 2012 Agriculture Appropriations Bill Becomes Law – 99% of NIFA Top-Line Funding Sustained
The President has signed the Agriculture Appropriations bill for FY 2012 into law and, as promised in our last report, we are able to provide additional details about the final results for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). We are pleased to report that the NIFA appropriation for FY 2012 is $1.202 billion or 99% of the FY 2011 top-line appropriation. Moreover, all seven priorities established by the Board on Agriculture Assembly’s Budget and Advocacy Committee (BAC) were funded at (or in the case of Smith-Lever slightly above) their FY 2011 enacted levels. [Read Full Report]
Nov. 14 - FY 2012 Agriculture Appropriations Bill Conference Results Released
House and Senate negotiators have reached agreement on the FY 2012 Agriculture Appropriations bill, including funding for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). The conference report was filed in the House today and is expected to be approved in both chambers within the next few days and then sent to the President for his signature. [Read Full Report]
Nov. 2 - Senate Passes FY 2012 Ag Spending Bill
The Senate has passed the FY 2012 Agriculture Appropriations bill clearing the way for a House-Senate conference committee to begin meeting to reconcile the two versions of this legislation. Funding for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) remains as previously reported (See: www.land-grant.org/reports/2011/09-07.htm). Like other agencies that receive funding through the annual appropriations process, NIFA is currently operating under a stop-gap funding measure that expires on November 18. Thus, the House-Senate conference committee is striving to complete its work before that date. [Read Full Report]
Sept. 7 - Senate Marks Up Its Bill
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved its FY 2012 Agriculture Appropriations Bill, which includes funding for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). Most NIFA lines remained largely unchanged from their FY 2011 enacted levels. We will provide further analysis of the Senate marks in a few days when additional details are available.
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June 16 - House Passes FY 2012 Ag Spending Bill
The House of Representatives passed the FY 2012 Agriculture Appropriations bill today after making few changes to funding for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). We have updated the NIFA spreadsheet to reflect the final House actions. [Download Here]
June 1 - House Committee Approves FY 2012 Agriculture Appropriations Bill and Cuts NIFA Funding
The House Appropriations Committee met late yesterday and endorsed the FY 2012 funding decisions made by the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee last week for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). Despite an intense behind-the-scenes effort approved by the Board on Agriculture Assembly’s Budget and Advocacy Committee to reallocate mandatory research funding and restore the key capacity programs to their FY 2011 levels, opposition from those impacted by the potential loss of mandatory funds and committee jurisdictional concerns led to no agreement being reached. [Read Full Report]
May 23 - House Subcommittee Marks for FY 2012 Released - Many NIFA Programs Cut or Eliminated
The House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee has just made public the text of the FY 2012 Agriculture Appropriations bill that will be considered by the subcommittee during its markup session tomorrow. As you can see from the table that follows, the NIFA budget would be cut by more than 16 percent, with Research and Education accounts down $102.440 million, Extension programs down $67.932 million, and Integrated Activities down $28.926 million. [Read Full Report]
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